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Editor’s Note: Originally published in December, 2016.
I’m still amazed whenever I see the bumper sticker that reads, “Visualize world peace.” The idea is that if I, and enough other people, create the right mental picture of peace, it will soon come to pass. It’s astounding that...
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The ninth main message of the 2012 Ligonier Ministries National Conference was from Dr. Robert Godfrey and titled, "Ignorance is Not Bliss." Dr. Godfrey reminded us of the importance of rejecting anti-intellectualist approaches to the culture and to engage the philosophical, scientific, and religious challenges of the day in a fully-informed, Christ exalting way.
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In the seventh session of the 2012 Ligonier National Conference, Dr. Michael Horton addressed "The Fear Factor." Instead of entirely focusing on what Christians fear, Dr. Horton spent the substance of his session particularly expounding four reasons why we shouldn't be afraid in today's world.
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In the sixth session of the 2012 Ligonier National Conference, Dr. Stephen Meyer discussed a revolution in scientific thinking that has produced a new openness to "the God hypothesis"—the belief that the universe is the product not merely of natural processes but of the Creator.
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The fifth main message of the 2012 Ligonier Ministries National Conference was from Dr. Sinclair Ferguson and titled, "Losing My Religion." Dr. Ferguson described the endemic problem of doctrinal shallowness. He encouraged all of us to wrestle with the deep things of God and to stretch ourselves by reading some of the great theologians of the past.
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Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. began the second day of the 2012 Ligonier Ministries National Conference, speaking on "The (True) Scandal of the Evangelical Mind." A recent popular book argued that the scandal of the evangelical mind is that the evangelical mind is essentially non-existent. But as Dr. Sproul Jr. argued, the problem is even deeper.
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The third message of the 2012 Ligonier Ministries National Conference was from Dr. Albert Mohler and titled, "I've Got Half a Mind Too." Dr. Mohler explored the world's way of thinking due to the fall—a way of thinking that Christians have been set free from by God's grace. He challenged us all to think like Christians. The complete audio and video of this session will be available soon, but below are a few highlights from his session.
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The second message of the 2012 Ligonier Ministries National Conference was from Dr. Robert Godfrey and titled, "We Don't Need No Education." Dr. Godfrey reminded us that at one time Christians, particularly Reformed Christians, were the intellectual leaders in America, but that this is no longer the case. He explained the role that anti-intellectualism played in this self-inflicted problem and what we must do to turn it around.
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Dr. R.C. Sproul opened the 2012 Ligonier National Conference, examining the theme The Christian Mind. In his lecture, carrying the provocative title "Have You Lost Your Mind?" he stated that we are living in the most anti-intellectual climate in the history of the church. "There has been a wholesale rejection of the significance of the mind in living, particularly Christian living," he said.
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